# Accident 19730902033899A: Piper PA18A150, Kenai, AK, September 2, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1973
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 60.5618° N, 151.2105° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kenai, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5618&lon=-151.2105&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3573P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3573P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A150
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 400 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74DAG41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAG41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730902033899A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

TKOF FROM SAND BAR.CARB HEAT CTL ARM CAME LOOSE AT HEAT BOX.SETTLED INTO GRND.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC74DAG41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAG41), Sep 2, 1973: Piper PA-18 (N3573P), Kenai, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3573P (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20250909017449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250909017449I), Sep 9, 2025: Piper PA-18A 150 (N3573P), Mcgrath, AK, Minor damage. The incident took place near Mcgrath at madison creek. Pilot was taxiing on the runway and was attempting to turn the aircraft to position for takeoff. The…
- [Accident 20110319006569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110319006569A), Mar 19, 2011: Piper PA-18A-150 (N3573P), Beluga Lake, AK, Substantial damage. The pilot departed the lake hood strip in anchorage, Alaska on 3-19-2011 and did not file a flight plan. The pilot landed on a glacier approximately 65 miles…
- [Accident 20031011026589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031011026589A), Oct 11, 2003: Piper PA18A150 (N3573P), Ketchikan, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) While practicing landing in the pattern aircraft veered to the right at touchdown. Pilot overcorrected then tried to initiate a go-around. Aircraft…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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